from RealClearPolitics Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), who admits to owning an iPad, blames the Apple Inc. product for “eliminating thousands of American jobs.” “A few short weeks ago I came to the House floor after having purchased an iPad and said that I happened to believe, Mr. S[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
May 4th, 2011 - 12:42 pm § in Misc.
Rust Belt Leads Economic Growth!
1. Detroit News: “Michigan manufacturing shores up nation’s economy.” 2. Financial Times: “America’s ‘rust belt’ states lead recovery“ 3. Financial Times: “Growth in jobs belies rust belt’s reputation” (includes graph above) 4. Scott Grannis: &[...]
May 3rd, 2011 - 7:06 pm § in Uncategorized
Breaking News: Deutche Bank sued by US government for fraud!
The Justice Department sued Deutsche Bank AG, one of the world’s 10 biggest banks by assets, on Tuesday for at least $1 billion for defrauding taxpayers by “repeatedly” lying to a federal agency when securing taxpayer-backed insurance for thousands of shoddy mortgages. read more at[...]
BRING BACK CHILD LABOR!
Huff Post — Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state’s child labor laws. The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. The new legislation, would permit for employers to pay anyone under the age of 20 as l[...]
Across the Board Cuts to NIH Grants
From Genomeweb News: Facing a budget cut of nearly one percent for its operations, programs, and research awards over the remainder of the fiscal year, the National Institutes of Health will trim back the size of its grants for all of its institutes and centers (ICs), NIH said Monday. The 2011 budge[...]
April 21st, 2011 - 8:13 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: GOOD NEWS from the economy
The Conference Board reported today that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased again in March (see chart above), which is the 24th consecutive monthly increase starting in April 2009 just before the recession officially ended in June of that year. The last time the Leading Economic Index increa[...]
Why American Education Outclasses the World.
Recently I had the “fun” of being invited to evaluate the world’s elite universities. I had read these ratings before but had not thought much about the process. One thing I REALLY tried to do was to be fair when it came to world class universities outside the US. I was especially [...]
April 19th, 2011 - 12:14 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Is Higher Education a “Bubble?”
from The Center for College Affordability and Productivity on April 6th, 2011, by Richard Vedder Higher education is in a bubble situation-its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college [...]
Radical Right: The Game of Chicken
This is inane. The radical right is playing a game of chicken with the American economy. [...]
Pot Production Uses 1 Percent Of U.S. Electricity: We Need Low Carbon Weed!
The Huffington Post Joanna Zelman First Posted: 04/14/11 08:58 AM ET Updated: 04/14/11 09:13 AM ET Pot smoking has become a big thing these last few years. This is thanks to wide decriminalization along with growing medical research shows that cannabis is better for you than previously thought. Thou[...]